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Hazel

proper nouncommon in dialogue

  • //ˈheɪzəl//

A female given name from English from the plant or colour hazel. Popular in the U.S. at the turn of the 20th century.

proper noun

  1. 1

    A female given name from English from the plant or colour hazel. Popular in the U.S. at the turn of the 20th century.

    GREEN. - - Squire Rodney has been looking into your affairs, and, by Jove! he swears you've deceived Hazel Kirke! ARTHUR. Deceived her? How? GREEN. He says that your marriage to her was a pretence, a farce, a lie.

    In the month of May, When all nature seems in touch with hidden jewels, We called her Hazel, Hazel May.

    Now, as I mentioned earlier, I never liked the name Hazel. I didn't like being called after a nut. I wanted to be called Rosemary, something pretty.

  2. 2

    A topographic surname from Middle English for someone who lived near a hazel tree.

  3. 3

    A place in the United States: A minor city in Calloway County, Kentucky.

  4. 4

    A place in the United States: A town in Hamlin County, South Dakota.

  5. 5

    A place in the United States: An unincorporated community in Snohomish County, Washington.

  6. 6

    A place in the United States: An unincorporated community in Wetzel County, West Virginia.

Forms

plural
Hazels
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Lexical content from Wiktionary, under CC BY-SA 4.0 · Source entry · Data version 2026-08-23

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